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AIBU to rethink a friendship after comments about weight being a choice?

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MyCherryPiee · 19/07/2026 10:24

I met with a friend last night and she has said something which is can’t stop thinking about and is making me quite mad.

She said being fat is a choice most of the time. She agreed that in certain cases like PCOS and medical conditions it isn’t a choice but in most cases it is a choice.

Friend is very health conscious, fit and active. She is usually quite upfront with her words but not hateful with it. I’ve never witnessed her say anything like this before. I am just appalled at this thinking from a full grown woman.

AIBU to think the comment is more complicated than she says and also in thinking I don’t want to be friends anymore?

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GaIadriel · 20/07/2026 22:18

teaatdawn · 20/07/2026 10:45

What a miserable existence.

Why? You feel waaay better and life is easier in so many ways.

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